Cristiano Ronaldo‘s arrival at Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia has caused a stir in the country, and the spectacular reception given to the Portuguese is testament to that. The CR7 effect The signing of the No.7 has turned the attention of thousands of fans to the Arabian outfit, as evidenced by...
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New Al Nassr signing, Cristiano Ronaldo, wants Pepe to join him at the Saudi Arabian club, according to Marca. Ronaldo only completed a sensational move to the side this week. However, the 37-year-old wants to surround himself with some of his friends. And he has identified Pepe, a teammate...
Second-half substitute Riyad Mahrez earned Manchester City a win at Chelsea on Thursday to move the 2021/2022 champions to within five points of leaders Arsenal in the English Premier League. Mahrez got on the end of a perfectly placed cross from fellow substitute Jack Grealish in the 63rd minute...
Bayern Munich have signed Dutch defender Daley Blind on a free transfer on a six-month contract, the Bundesliga club said on Thursday. The 32-year-old became a free agent last week after agreeing to terminate his contract with Ajax Amsterdam six months early. “We are really pleased that Daley has...
The Interim Management Committee (IMC) running the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on Thursday in Abuja handed over a total sum of N200 million to the competition’s season 2022/2023 clubsides. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that each of the 20 clubs in the league received N10 million...
The Nigeria Nationwide League One (NLO) says the death of late Brazilian Soccer Legend, Edson Arantes de Nascimento, popularly known as Pele, has created a big vacuum in the administration of soccer globally. The Director of NLO (South East), Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency...
Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in Riyadh ahead of his unveiling by Al Nassr, with the club declaring that the former world footballer of the year was on a new mission to conquer Asia, having conquered Europe. Ronaldo’s grand unveiling before thousands of fans at Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr...
FIFA will ask all the world’s countries to name a stadium for Brazilian football legend Pele, the head of the sport’s governing body, Gianni Infantino, said Monday at the late icon’s wake. Infantino was in the city of Santos, Brazil, to pay his final respects to the player widely...
Claim : There is a claim circulating on social media that FIFA would keep Pele’s feet in the Museum. Full text: The post reads, “BREAKING: FIFA Will Keep Pele’s Feet in the Museum. Pele’s Family has given the permission.” FIFA is the international governing body of association football founded...
Alhaji Nura Kangiwa, Director-General, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), has emerged the President of the Nigeria Polo Federation (NPF). Kangiwa, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said this was announced after the statutory biennial election of executive members of NPF held in Jos. ” I...
Ogun Government has begun renovation of the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta, to provide adequate comfort for spectators. The Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Dapo Abiodun, Mr Kunle Somorin, said in a statement on Saturday that the 10,000-capacity stadium would be fully covered to ensure a facelift. He said...
Saudi Arabian league side Al Nassr on Friday completed the signing of former Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo was a free agent for just over a month after his contract with Man United was terminated in November. Once ad revenue is included, the former Real Madrid, Juventus and...
The PDP Governorship Candidate for Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran a.k.a Jandor), says he plans to engage street boys in inter-local government sports competition and other useful schemes to distract them from vices. Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor) made the promise in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Cristiano Ronaldo on Friday signed for Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia, the club announced, in a deal believed to be worth more than 200 million euros. The 37-year-old penned a contract that will take him to June 2025. “This is more than history in the making,” the club wrote...
By TARGBA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – Lobi Stars FC of Makurdi, Nasarawa United FC of Lafia, Rangers International FC of Enugu, Kwara United of Ilorin and Niger Tornadoes of Minna have been axed by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) from playing their Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) home matches in...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has mourned the Brazilian football legend, Pele, who died at the age of 82. Pelé, who many regard as the greatest player of all time, died in hospital in Sao Paulo on Thursday. He had been undergoing treatment for colon...
Pele burst onto the global stage at just 17 with dazzling goals as Brazil won the World Cup for the first time in Sweden in 1958. “I have good and bad stories from World Cups. The ’58 World Cup was a dream. I was a kid. Nobody was expecting...
Brazilian soccer legend Pele dies at 82, his daughter says Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player , one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died on Thursday at the age of 82. The death of the only man to win the World Cup three times as...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – As part of efforts to curb youths restiveness in Calabar Municipal Council and its environ, the Cross River State Table Tennis Association in partnership with Sports Writers Association (SWAN) are organizing a two day table tennis challenge for youths, veterans, and media practitioners across...